diff --git a/manifests/os/debian.pp b/manifests/os/debian.pp
index 0ef08e076f196fe822426a17a26c8c00ac537868..284a4fa89aa9cfcb852187867f4ee10820c9534c 100644
--- a/manifests/os/debian.pp
+++ b/manifests/os/debian.pp
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class base::os::debian (
       }
     }
 
-    file { '/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt_cache_tmp':
-      content => template('base/os/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb'),
+    file { '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt_cache_tmp':
+      content => template('base/os/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb'),
       require => File[$apt_cache_tmp_dir],
     }
   }
diff --git a/templates/os/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb b/templates/os/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/os/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb
rename to templates/os/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt_cache_tmp.erb